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BY J. E. RAISBECK 



Jul 30 388 ^ / 

CINCINNATI - -^ '^. ./ • 

Raisbeck & Co., Printers and Publishers 

No. 19 West Sixth Street 
1888 






Copyright, 1888, by John E. Raisbeck. 



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MY LOVELY JANE. 




[hHOULD the reader care to learn 
fj Why at present I sojourn 
On a mountain near the sky, 
I will frankly tell him why. 



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" My Lovely Jane." 
—4— 



Mrs. Evergreen, my wife, 
Long engaged with me in strife 



Strife that caused us pain and tears 
For a dozen weary years. 






Bitter, caustic words at first 
Made our married life accursed; 
Then in courage as we grew, 
Books and other things we threw. 



—5— 




" Long engaged with me in strife." 



Harder missiles next we tried — 
Some of iron, some of hide. 
Nothing seemed to cure our woes; 
Finally we came to blows. 






Then my doctor said to me: 
''If consumption you would flee- 



If grim Death you would beware- 
You must seek a change of air. 



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" Books and other thiutrs we threw. 



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^'Go, and leave your wife at home; 
O'er the hills and valleys roam; 
Sing and dance as shepherds do; 
Flirt with shepherdesses, too," 






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''But, good Dr. Leech," I said, 
Rubbing thoughtfully my head, 
^'Dare I go alone?" His eye 
Twinkled, then he made reply: 



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Finally we came to blow: 



^'What avails a change of air 
If the poison greets you there, 
That originally drew 
All the life-blood out of you?" 






Long I pondered on the speech 
Uttered by good Dr. Leech. 
Suddenly I said, 'Til go!" 
And I went and told Jane so. 



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" Never ! There, take that, vou drone ! " 



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"Wretched, miserable flea!" 
Shrieked the better half of me. 
''Villain! Clown! What — go alone! 
Never! There, take that, you drone!" 






And I barely dodged a knife 
Hurled by my indignant wife; 
While about my head there came 
Other things I will not name. 



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Getting drunk on mountain air." 
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"Never shall you — yes, yes — go! 
Leave me! What care I to knov^ 
Where your selfish bones may lie; 
Where you live, or where you die! 






"Villain!" once again she said. 
While I meekly bowed my head 
Sooner than engage in war — 
"Villain doubly-dyed you are!" 

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" Happy that no wife is nigh." 
— 16— 



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Words like these are apt to breed 
Anything but love, indeed. 
So I sought an early train, 
Glad to be — unwed again. 






Like a school-boy now I feel, 
Full of joy I can't conceal; 
Running, jumping everywhere; 
Getting drunk on mountain air. 



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" Let nie here in rapture sta}-." 



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Is it wonder, then, to you 
That I'm doing what I do — 
Kissing, flirting near the sky, 
Happy tliat no wife is nigh? 



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O ye gods! if gifts ye give, 
All I ask is: Let me live- 



Let me here in rapture stay, 
Ever dreaming life away. 



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